On Dec 15, 1:39*pm, James Silverton >
wrote:
> On 12/15/2011 4:28 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
>
> > In >, > *wrote:
>
> >> Rather than grocery store, I'm going to drive
> >> down to a nearby bay tomorrow (at low tide) and harvest about a dozen live
> >> ones myself.
>
> > Interesting, where I live all oysters are privately owned.
> > You can't just go picking them.
>
> Can one privately own the intertidal zone? However, a state can forbid
> the harvesting of oysters. As a conservation measure, Maryland used to
> require the use of sail powered Skipjack boats for collecting oysters
> but there are practically no oysters in the Chesapeake Bay now. It's a
> great pity since Chincoteague (VA) oysters were among the best available.
>
> --
>
> James Silverton, Potomac
>
> I'm *not*

We go he http://www.umpquaoysters.com/

or he http://www.yelp.com/biz/qualman-oyster-farms-coos-bay
(Qualman doesn't have a website)

We like to pop them in the oven until the shell opens and then put in
a teaspoon of bbq sauce and then let 'em go for a few minutes till
they are done.